The Orpheus Clock the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis
"The passionate, true story of one man's quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family--their beloved art collection--and to restore their legacy. Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German Jewish banking dynasties and perished in concentration camps. And that's almost all he knew--his fa...
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New York, NY :
Scribner,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foundation. My father's old boxes ; The generations that came before ; Fritz and Louise : marriage, war, and a new life ; Holland and Bosbeek : the years between the wars ; The ephemeral peace
- Devastation. The wolves at the door ; Theresienstadt ; Bernard
- Restoration. Out of the ashes ; Searching for Degas ; Renoir and Botticelli ; Return to Holland ; "Sin" and "Sensuality" ; "Portrait of a Young Man" ; Lifting the curse : the Orpheus clock ; Postscript: On reflection
- Appendix 1. Gutmann family tree
- Appendix 2. Recovered art.
